sreyrjb, since you resonded to my post, I'ld like to say I never said a public land deer was harded to hunt then a private land deer. I said basicly a public land deer is a hard critter to hunt and that makes for a more enjoyable time. In the area I live and hunt in, the area consists of 15% private land and 85% public land. My best hunting areas are on public land so therefore why would I want to hunt anywhere else. I have asked and been given permission to hunt before on private land so that is never a problem for me.
Now since you talked about the King ranch, unless they are going to pay for my flight down there and pay for my lic. and tags and also let me hunt there for free that is really not an issue. Simple economics, I don't have the money to do that and more power to those that do. I could care less.
I hunt where I hunt and how I hunt cause that is what makes me happy and it's what I can afford.
Like I said before a trophy to me is one that I am happy with. Just as one might be that scores high might be what makes the next guy happy.